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2016 Women's World Chess Championship

The Women’s World Chess Championship Match 2016 between the current World Champion Mariya Muzychukof Ukraine and Cha llenger Ho u Yifan of Ch ina (former Wo rld Champion 2010-2012, 2013-2015) takes place inLviv, Ukraine, on March 1-18, 2016. The first game is scheduled to start at 3 pm local time on 2nd of Ma rch

2016. You can watch the games live in our broadcast window at the bottom of this page.

Game eight

Photos by Vitaliy Hrabar for the official site

Each and every game has enjoyed the presence of notables for the opening move, from rock 

stars to famous intellectuals. The Ukrainians have certainly put on a s how worthy of the moment.

As pointed o ut by GM Mikhalchishin in his notes to the game, if the score has not improved in MariyaMuzychuk’s favor, one significant change is how the ga mes have de veloped. In all three of the last ga mes, thisone included, she has managed to secure genuine advantages that held the potential to swing things around.It would be e asy to blame technique or nerves, but ultimately the takeaw ay for her should be that s he iscapable of fighting Hou Yifan over the board, and creating situations for herself.

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Anand and forming the cornerstone of 

many strong GM repertoires today.

On this 60 Minutesrenowned and

successful coach Adrian

Mikhalchishin presentscritical po sitions a nd

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The usual move orderis 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 c5 3

Nf3 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e 5!? 5Nb5 d5 6 cxd5 Bc5

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Unfortunately, warm words , and a pat on the shou lder will be modest consolation since the Chinese playeronly needs a draw to regain her title.

Game eight and he back to the wall, but the media interest has not s lackened one iota

Game eight annotated by GM Adrian Mikhalchishin

Current standings

Player Fed Rtg G1 G2 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7 G8 G9 G10 Pts

Mariya Muzychuk UKR 2563 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 3.0

Hou Yifan CHN 2667 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½   5.0

Schedule

March 13 Sunday Day OffMarch 14 Monday 15:00 Game 9

Ma rch 15 Tuesda y Day Off

March 16 Wednesday 15:00 Game 10

March 17 Thurs day Day O ff

Ma rch 18 Frida y 15:00 Tie -brea k ga mes

Ma rch 18 Frida y 18:00 Clo sing Ce remo ny

All games start a t 3 p.m. local time, which is an hou r ahea d of Europe an time, two ahe ad of Britain, and se venahea d of New York. You can find the starting time a t your location here .

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Women's WCh. G7: Long fight, but no winner3/11/2016 – Possibly the most apt description of the seventh game w as a mutual

wa r of attrition. For the third time an Open Spanish wa s the ba ttlefield of choice,and the p reparation of both players w as suitably deep. A very long fight ensued inwhich chances appea red for both sides, but nothing decisive, and after 81 movesthey called it a day. Report w ith analysis by GM Mikhalchishin. [Discuss]

Women's WCh. G6: Hou has two-point lead3/9/2016 – The game started w ith Muzychuk on the w hite side of a Giuoco Piano, inwhich she seemed to have the clear upperhand, and her fans rubbed their hands inthe hope s of an equ alizing result. Things got complicated and the n dow nright uglyas he r knight found itself stranded on the rim, and Hou Yifan flipped the tables for abig w in. Report with GM annotations. [Discuss]

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I thought that match wo uld be a piece of cake for Yifan, wha t is wrong w ith her?? yes she is 2points ahead but still not showing her best at all!

12. cxd5!? looks to g ive white a chance to attack.

If 12. - exd5 then white w ill have two files unde r control and if 12. - Bxd5 then the c7 pa wn willfall.

@algorithmy, I thought so too, but it seems that Mariya adapted to Yifan and got a lot betternear the e nd of the match. Anyways, she's doing bette r than Humpy and Anna.

@algorithmy there is nothing w rong w ith her. this is a w orld championship match and he roppon ent is sufficiently strong to put up a g ood fight.

Agreed. She's 1/2 a point aw ay from victory with 2 games to go. It doesn't get much betterthan in a WC match.

Hou is playing with reduced po we r ... and I understa nd it.

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The FIDE should stop to organize "world championship" tournaments which do not deserve

this classification.

Lets be realistic:The wc title from Muzychuk was no t a REAL wc title. And she is (at this moment) not at a level to hold theREAL wc title.

We s hould congratulate Mariya to put a goo d fight. Before the WC , I expected Yifan wouldcrash her in 7 or 8 g ames. Mariya made it a close conte st. Her preparation is really good an dshe is s till improving. This match would g ive her a b ig boost of confidence. I expected thatMariya would be a main woman challenger to Yifan in the years to come. Watch out, Yifan!

"Hou is playing with reduced po wer ... and I understan d it."

Wha t a ridiculous thing to sa y, I can sa y the same thing ab out Anand playing in Gibraltor, canI?Hou lost badly when she was given a chance in Tata Steel, she was playing with a reduced

power there a lso??

She is nowhere in control, in fact she was a better player a year ago, when she was winning everything.Nowadays she loses also.

It would be a tall order for Mariya to even w in a single game from Hou Yifan in the remaining 2games. Hou Yifan's w orld championship record (not counting the Fide KO) now stood at 9 w insand 14 draws with 0 lost.

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In the first picture Yifan Hou is sitting in a very different so rt of chair. She w as d ressed veryfashionably too. Although this is not related to the ga mes I'm surprised the a rticle didn'tmention this change in marketing, she did it well.

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